UPDATE: WRAL is reporting that PJ Hairston has been suspended “indefinitely” by Roy Williams: Steve Kirschner, a spokesman for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Athletics Department, issued a statement late Sunday saying men’s basketball coach Roy Williams has suspended Hairston, who averaged 14.6 points in 34 games last season, from the team […]
UNC Scandal
Before and After: How UNC faculty leader dodged the NCAA
Does the NCAA care? Does the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools care? Does anyone care? Is it an academic issue? Is it an athletics issue? Is it both? Ask most folks who wear baby blue and they’ll tell you it’s not an issue at all. Except, that is, if it’s affecting recruiting. But at […]
Flagship tells Iceburg Mouthguards “cease and desist”
Last week SFN pointed out the Leslie McDonald-Iceburg Mouthguards NCAA violation (refresh your memory here), which was just the latest in The Flagship’s increasingly-long list of NCAA violations. Today, The Flagship, ever the harbinger of accountability and institutional control (pretty much the backbone of The Carolina Way), sent a nasty “cease and desist” letter to […]
#PJBeBackForKentucky
It doesn’t get any better than this.
The NCAA cracks down; takes a stand
In case you missed it, the NCAA is cracking down on programs that break the rules (within its jurisdiction). North Carolina Miami Oregon Northeastern State University is the latest to feel its wrath (NCAA.org): Northeastern State University’s former head women’s tennis coach provided cash, academic fees, meals and other benefits to his student-athletes, according to […]
Making Connections
Life is all about making connections with others, don’t you think? It’s what makes life worth living. A big shout out to the folks at RedWolfSolutions.com for making some connections here. First off….a little light-hearted entertainment…. Please do take note of the the license plate on the rear of the vehicle at the 00:47 mark […]
Which new UNC-CH NCAA violation is most interesting to you? [8:00am Update]
What a night in the litany of major rules violations that continue to flow out of the UNC-Chapel Hill basketball program! I don’t know where to begin. Iceburg Mouthguards & Party Promoting Carolina damage control in full spin cycle, no doubt trying once again to come out clean on the other side. Which might very […]
[Key 3:45pm Updates] Links to past scandal? Wheels for Heels – Roy waiting on facts: About which player?
Today, Roy Williams said that he’s waiting on facts before making any judgement on the whole PJ Hairston-rental-car-(or cars, plural)-situation (ABC 11). But there may yet be more to this than it seems. Is UNC senior guard (just for clarity: basketball, not football) Leslie McDonald the latest over at the Flagship to go ‘rogue’? McDonald […]
Summer Headlines
Hey fellow Wolfpackers, it’s July so that means it’s the slowest sports news cycle of the year but there have been a few headlines across the web over the past few days that I’d like to post just so we don’t let the news pass us by. First we’ll start off with a little NC […]
Miscellaneous
We held much of this back to keep the focus on the #RedLight the past few days (make sure to spend some time perusing the recent blog entries to catch up), but… The Flagship has seen its APR scores suffer now that it can no longer use The Carolina Way to actively promote fake majors […]
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